Friends of Oakridge
The Friends of Oakridge mission, in participation with the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, is to restore the unique historical significance of The Oakridge Estate through preservation, development, maintenance, education and promotion.
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PLAY ·2025 Grants ChallengeThe Historic Oakridge Estate School Tours
The 1937 Oakridge Estate was built for actress Barbara Stanwyck as part of her 140 acre Thoroughbred Ranch co-owned with Zeppo and Marion Marx. Since 2012, Friends of Oakridge has offered weekend historic tours and film screenings with community dialogue to some 6,000 visitors. This grant would fund 4 school buses for students from local public schools, grades 10-12, as a pilot program to integrate California history requirements with local history. Included: WWII, Great Depression, Golden Age of Hollywood, Architecture, urbanization.